Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 216 Revenge, confidence!
However, the Bulls are not the first team in the East to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

As early as two days ago, the Bulls' next opponent, the Pistons, had already swept the Cavaliers 4-0 in the first round.

Normally, the Pistons are not strong enough to sweep the Cavaliers.

Not to mention, the no handcheck rule is actually beneficial to the Cavaliers and not beneficial to the Pistons.

However, who told the Pistons to have made up their mind to burn everything and embark on the path of success or failure if they don't win this year?

The Cavaliers met the Pistons, who had no retreat and were united.

As for the Cavaliers, there is another fatal flaw - that is, the team leader James is participating in the playoffs for the first time in his career.

However, the Pistons showed the defensive intensity they originally planned to deal with Duan.

And because he knew James couldn't shoot well, he deliberately let James shoot and paid more attention to James' passing and breakthroughs.

Under such pressure, James averaged 22.3 points on 26.6 shots per game.

If the average of 4.4 turnovers per game was not an eyesore, in fact, as the boss of a team that has entered the playoffs for the first time, the scoring data alone are still good.

However, there is no way, the playoff environment is so cruel.

Without the experience of winning in the playoffs, there is no way to lead his teammates further. Even if he is capable, he can only stop in the first round of the playoffs.

For many stars, how do they get past the first round of the playoffs?This is a big problem!

For team bosses like Dunn, who have already advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, the biggest problem right now is - how to break through to the conference semifinals?

Last year, the Bulls fell at this stage and fell into the hands of the Pistons...

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

On May 5, slogans and declarations of “revenge” were everywhere inside and outside the United Center in Chicago.

The Pistons players entered the United Center to play under such pressure.

The game officially began as Tyson Chandler helped the Bulls get the ball.

After the Bulls gained the ball, Duan took the initiative to run to the low post, preparing for a post-up play to attract the defense of the Pistons' inside players.

Upon seeing this, Rasheed Wallace immediately followed Duen. After all, Big Ben was half a head shorter than Duen.

The shooting ability that Du En has shown now makes it almost impossible for Ben to defend.

The only Pistons who can match Duen's size are Prince and Roaring God. The problem is that Duen not only has the footwork in post-ups, but also has shooting and strength.

Prince couldn't withstand Duen's back attack, so the Pistons could only send Roaring God to defend Duen.

In this case, Tyson Chandler plays a pick-and-roll with Baron Davis in the high post.

Josh Smith, who was closely watched by Prince, cut to the basket from the right corner.

Because Ben was helping to defend near the free throw line and did not directly defend, Baron Davis easily got rid of Billups' pursuit with the help of Tyson Chandler's screen.

When Baron Davis bypassed Tyson Chandler, the latter also began to follow suit.

The boss had no choice but to delay Baron Davis and try to drive Baron Davis in the direction of the Roaring God.

In other words, if Duen hadn't attracted the defensive attention in the low post, the Roaring God could have defended Tyson Chandler at this time.

It is precisely because Du En's offensive threat is too great that Roaring Tianzun does not dare to move at will.

Therefore, in order to prevent missing people under the basket, Prince, who followed Josh Smith to the basket, could only defend in front of Tyson Chandler first.When Baron Davis had already reached the low post, Big Ben took the initiative to retreat in front of Josh Smith, restricting Baron Davis from passing the ball to Josh Smith.

It can only be said that Ben's defensive experience is quite good.

Because the basket was crowded with people, Baron Davis lacked space to break through and could not continue to break into the penalty area, so he could only finish with a jump shot.

However, Baron Davis has a basket, and this is a semi-open opportunity.

When Ben saw Baron Davis take off, he rushed forward again, but he already regretted it.

As Baron Davis consciously adjusted the arc and hit the basket steadily from the mid-range, the Bulls took the lead and scored the first two points.

Naturally not to be outdone, the Pistons first tried to steal the baseline ball, and then saw that there was little chance of a transition attack, so Billups took control of the ball.

In order to reduce the defensive pressure on Duan and save more energy to devote to the offensive end, Luol Deng took the initiative to lead Billups.

Billups relied on his excellent ball control ability to dribble past half court under Luol Deng's interference.

Immediately afterwards, I saw the roaring Tianzun coming out of the low post and playing a pick-and-roll with Billups in the high post.

Just when Billups used the screen to pass Luol Deng and break through to the basket, he saw Duan suddenly appear in front of Billups.

Upon seeing this, Billups immediately turned his back to protect the ball. After finding Hamilton's position, he chose to pass the ball.

However, Hamilton did not take action immediately after receiving the ball, but passed the ball to the roaring Tianzun who was down the line.

Fortunately, Josh Smith has good athletic ability. Roaring Heavenly Lord's inevitable dunk was actually blocked by Josh Smith from behind.

This action is suspected of being a foul, but now it is at the Bulls' home court, and the standards of the playoffs are different from those of the regular season, so the referee did not blow the whistle this time.

At this time, Du En just retreated to the basket and picked up the rebound.

The Pistons players were worried that the Bulls would use this to counterattack, so they immediately returned to defense.

Who would have thought that Du En would make a fast break, run one step in front of the three-pointer, and then suddenly launch a cold arrow.

"You play like this in the regular season, how dare you play like this in the playoffs?"

When Billups saw Duen hastily chasing after him and shot a three-pointer, he felt that Duen's shot this time was a bit wasteful.

brush--

Unexpectedly, before turning around to check the situation, I heard the crisp sound of water splashing from behind.

"Fak, he just broke the three-point record in a playoff game, so he is confident!"

Larry Brown on the sidelines saw that Dunn hit a three-pointer right from the start and followed up with a three-pointer one step away from the three-point line, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

In order to limit Duen's scoring and shooting, Larry Brown quickly shouted on the court: "Don't let Duen get the ball! Don't let Duen take the ball easily!"

But next came the Pistons' offensive round. Billups relied on the pick-and-roll mid-range to help the Pistons recover two points.

After Billups made the shot, Prince continued to stay in the frontcourt and followed Duane.

Obviously, Prince was worried that Duan would take the opportunity to switch offense.

Because the Pistons retreated quickly and Prince was interfering with Duan, the Bulls could only play a positional battle in this round.

Fortunately, it doesn't matter. Duen is not in a hurry to score. He can continue to smoke in the corner and see how his teammates perform.

Anyway, after half a month, Duen has almost digested Curry's template.

And this is where Du En’s confidence lies!
(End of this chapter)